FULL (is anything but), Leyenda de Plata, Hijo del Santo

photo by Black Terry Jr.

FULL (THU) 05/14/2015 Carpa Astros, Tlalpan, Distrito Federal [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, R de Rudo, Terra]
1) Alfa, Omega, Saru b Fulgor I, Fulgor II, Sucesor
very good match. This was or was not part of the Copa Novato FULL depending on the recap.
2) Ángel Del Amor, Charly Madrid, Marabunta Jr. b Black Rider, Tanque Infenral, Tupac Amaru [Copa Novato FULL]
This part of a larger tournament, of unknown size.
3) Lady Apache & Rossy Moreno b La Quimera & Reyna Dorada and India Sioux & Ludark Shaitan [FULL WOMEN, #1 Contenders, Relevos Increíbles]
vacant title. Winning pair face off for the title at some point. To no surprise, Apache & Moreno won, Rossy beat Dorada.
4) El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Scorpio Jr. bHijo De Dos Caras, Relámpago, Super Porky
Rudos won when Medico pulled Dos’ mask to beat him.
5) Máscara Sagrada, Octagón, Tinieblas Jr. b Cien Caras Jr., Heavy Metal, Pirata Morgan
Lokillo was with the rudos to balance out Alushe. Tecnicos all beat the rudos. Pirata said he’d bring in Hijo del Solitario to get revenge on Tinieblas.

Venue looks great in the pictures. Venue also looks about 10% full, which seems like a problem. Jose Manuel and Bernardo were back together doing the announcing for this show; JMG had been doing the most recent FULL shows. This should start airing a week from Sunday.

Today’s CMLL show has the Leyenda de Plata tournament. The old idea was Leyendas de Plata was for the best skilled wrestlers and the Leyenda de Azul was for the biggest names. It’s not something that’s carried thru in recent years, because they’re not doing the tournaments as much in recent years, but it is a good group of luchadors including some midcard guys getting a chance possibly only becuase they’re very good.

On CMLL Informa, they started the winner of this week’s ciberentico would face Negro Casas for the championship next week. CMLL released two previews of today’s show, neither of them mention Negro Casas facing the winner. Who knows. It’s Negro Casas, so he could just as easily face anyone and it would make sense. Who he faces is also a mystery:

No Chance

  • The Panther
  • Fuego
  • Niebla Roja
  • Virus – oh but this would be so good
  • Luciferno

Slight Change

  • Kamaitachi – probably belongs in the other category, but he’s probably losing his hair before he loses and it’d make sense if he won a match between now and then
  • Titan – probably belongs in the other category, living in denial
  • Barbaro Cavernario – probably just got his single win for the next six months
  • Dragon Lee

Large Chance

  • Mistco – is Mistico, crowd would reject this but that won’t stop them
  • Volador Jr. – either wins or loses because of Mephisto
  • Mephsito

The semimain has the Guerreros versus – well, Rey Escorpion’s team was said to no longer be the Revolucionarios this time around, but they went on Cadena3 declaring themselves the Revolucionarios today. This is the detail work which have made CMLL reknown.

Hijo del Santo had a press conference to announce a new bottled mezcal drink. Blue Demon released one a month, maybe it’s the same people. Santo again said he’s waiting for medical approval to return, but believes he’ll get it and believes he’ll be part of a Todo x el Todo show in England. See next paragraph. No one appears to have asked him about the Leyenda de Plata, which is good news for all.

The poster for the Lucha Libre World UK show (07/09-11) – the Santo London show – lists Dr. Wagner Jr., Cassandro, Angel Blanco, Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito, Zumbi, Rayman, Mano Negra, Boby Zavala and Heddi Karoui for Mexico based luchadors. Hard to figure how Cassandro will still be on those shows if undergoing surgery. Zavala working a Santo show is a bit akward, but CMLL guys have appeared to be allowed to work with Santo outside of Mexico.

“Richard Swam” is listed as working the AULL anniversary show on 06/13, which I presume really is Rich Swann from the US since he’s across the ring from Flamita. It’s still pretty random, and means he’s probably showing up for someone else around that time.

NJPW announced every match show of the BOSJ tournament will air on their NJPW World service. Only the Korakuen Hall shows (which includes the finals) will air live, with the others being available for on demand viewing the day after and only the tournaments matches airing on those shows.

Voices of Wrestling reviews this week’s Lucha Underground.

The Lucha Dragons were announced as being part of the WWE tour of Mexico in October. It’s hard to take WWE announcements for shows five months from now too seriously when they’re announcing to run special events on two weeks ahead of time, but Kalisto & Sin Cara will be on those shows for sure as long as they’re healthy.

Decnnis returns to the ring on May 30th; he’s been out of action for six months after a bad health situation earlier this year. He says he’s been training in the US for his return.

Centvrion is recovering from surgery.

+LuchaTV has highlights of Rey Mysterio Jr. & Fenix vs Hijo del Fantasma & Brian Cage, plus Aramis on the Bestiario tournament and Satanico on his career and his opponents on this week’s CaraLuchas match.

DJ Spectro has a second part of his Alberto Munoz bio.

SegundaCaida reviews Atlantis, Shocker, Satanico vs Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy, and Ultimo Guerrero and great Hugo Savinovich quotes.

Lineup

indy (SUN) 05/31/2015 Arena Azteca Budokan, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México
1) El Magic vs Speed Rider
2) Desorden vs Tarkus, Rey Zeus, Comando Rivera, Lapid, Cripta, Corcel De Plata, Juventud Azteca, Dark Maym, Killer Jr., Dr. Killer, Golden Bull,Hijo Angel Dorado, Al Rojo Vivo, Ying Sangre, Misterios Roo
winner gets into the other tournamnet
3) Coco Blanco Jr., Inmortal, Loki, Oriental Jr. vs Ciclon Black, Orión,Royer Boy, Turbulencia
4) Andy Barrow, Dollar, Pentagon I vs Aguila E., Hijo De Ramno, Skayde
5) Rayo Star vs Sky Man, Fly Star, Toxin Boy, Kaving, Siki Osama,Nuevo Angel, Demebte Xtreme, Terromoto Negro, Yoruba, Chico Che,Oficial AK47, Shadow Boy [Torneo Villano III]
6) Fenix (AAA), Hijo del Alebrije, Tony Rivera vs Dinamic Black, Hijo del Fishman, Oriental

Billed as the first show on a Villano III retirement tour. I feel like we’re all on the first show of our retirement tour (and that we’ll all retire before Villano III actually does.) I wonder if Dinamic Black and Fenix will try to murder each again.

great match roundup, week of 2015-04-04

Good/Great/Excellent matches

AAA on Televisa: 2015-04-04 (including the iPPV)
Fénix vs Hijo del Fantasma © for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship: [great]

Villano IV vs Blue Demon Jr.: [good] o

Aerostar vs Psycho Clown and El Mesías and Texano in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament match: [great]

Myzteziz & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Pentagón Jr.: [good?]

Ludxor & Venum vs Carta Brava & El Apache: [good]

Bengala, Drago, Súper Nova vs Daga, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Súper Fly: [good]

Shows Watched But Nothing Worthwhile

Lucha Underground: 2015-04-08
CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico): 2015-04-04
CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX: 2015-04-04
CMLL on CadenaTres: 2015-04-04

Matches To Watch Later

IWRG Zona XXI: 2015-04-06

taped 2015-04-05 @ Arena Naucalpan
Leo, Mike, Rafy, Teelo vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo, Electro Boy:

lucha libre TV schedule for the week of May 16

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  • I don’t what the situation is with AYM and IWRG. Monday is the next time they’ll have a new episode to air, but they may not be airing new episodes. I guess we have to consider the (flimsy) possibility of AYM switching over to carrying CMLL, which would be a match made in nightmares.
  • This is the second week of an AAA taping, so the match predictions are are accurate
  • FULL & AULL are also in “leftovers from last week’s taping” and safe bets. I’m guessing AULL doesn’t have permission to air the CMLL/Wagner main event, or they wouldn’t have aired the opner last week.
  • Azteca should just air the Reyes del Aire and not edit it, but they’ll edit it.

 

2015 Verano de Escandalo lineup (06/14, Monterrey)

AAA TV (SUN) 06/14/2015 Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León
1) Dinastía, El Elegido, Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Mamba, Mini Psycho Clown, Parka Negra, Taya Valkyrie
2) Drago vs Fénix, ?, Daga, Steve Pain, Aerostar, Bengala, Súper Nova, Súper Fly, Hijo del Fantasma [Alas de Oro]
3) Monsther Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown © vs Averno, Chessman, Cibernético and ?, Electroshock, Hijo de Pirata Morgan [AAA TRIOS]
Psycho Circus ninth defense.
4) Angélico & Jack Evans vs Dark Cuervo & Dark Scoria [cage]
5) El Patrón Alberto © vs Brian Cage [AAA HEAVY]
second defense
6) La Parka, Myzteziz, Rey Mysterio Jr. vs El Mesías, Johnny Mundo, Pentagón Jr.

Air Date: 06/20 & 06/27…or 07/04 & 07/11, if the World Cup is just aired as a normal show. It’s also likely this will end up on iPPV.

Rey makes his regular big show appearance against an unexpected opponent. Johnny Mundo turned rudo last night on Lucha Underground, but it was assumed he’d be coming to Mexico as a tecnico. Doesn’t appear that way now, as he’s set up as a rival for Misterio. Maybe this leads into TripleMania somehow. This is a fun looking lineup, but there’s no obvious set up for the big match at TripleMania.

Alberto and Cage finally have their title match. It actually does seem like something that could be brought for TripleMania, but it feels like this is the moment where Alberto wins and it’s not a strong match after that. Something indecisive is definitely possible.

Cage match could steal the show. The storyline is La Secta feel overlooked by management, the reality seems to be AAA overlooks Secta sometimes and brings them back for feuds at other times. Those feuds never seem to end well, they really could use this one turning out better.

The mystery man on Electroshock’s team has to be Kronos, but maybe with a new name? I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t be after all this time.

Alas de Oro – AAA’s version of Reyes del Aire – hasn’t been run as part of a normal TV show since 2008. Good to see it back. This is just as much as sequel to the Triplemania cruiserweight ten match, which also was scheduled to feature 10 people. Kind of thinking the mystery man in this one might be to protect against someone no-showing this time. Angelico, Australian Suicide, Jack Evans, Joe Lider and Pentagon are replaced by Aerostar, Steve Pain (back again!), Super Nova (healed?), Super Fly and the mystery man.

Dinastia and Mini Psycho Clown keep their feud going in the opener. Taya & Faby continue to be on a lot of TV shows, and are pretty much the only women used.

Texano Jr. not being on the card is strange. I think that’s the first major one he hasn’t been on since he joined AAA. It could be a numbers thing, but I wonder if there’s a chance of him being sent some place else as part of a trade for the Lucha World Cup.